LEBANON TWP. — Empty pockets and an unwillingness to obey an irresolute would-be robber turned out well for a 16-year-old Lebanon Township boy.

He was riding his bicycle on Mount Airy Road near Anthony Road at about 11:30 a.m. on June 13, when he was approached by two young men in a pickup truck, he told police.

The passenger in the truck, described as a blond white man, age 18 to 25, told the boy to hand over anything he had. The boy replied that had nothing of value and turned his pockets inside out as proof. The man then told him to put his bike in the back of the truck. The boy refused and the men drove away.

The truck is described as an early 2000s Ford Ranger, single cab, tan or bronze in color. It appeared to have garden hoses and plywood in the bed.

The driver is described as white or Hispanic, the same age as the passenger, with dark hair and a goatee.